HALL 1. 
The objects of art and famous historical documents in this hall 
are mainly from the Vatican, Rome, and have recently been do- 
nated to this Museum by His Holiness Pope Leo XHI. 
The collection of Byzantine Madonnas, of which a full descrip- 
tion will be found in the special catalogue, were painted from the 
XII to the XVI centuries, and are very valuable. 
Cases 40 and. 41. — No. 654, Album containing specimens 
of ancient writings from records of the Roman Pontiff, from Inno- 
cent HI to Urban V. No. 655, Facsimile in phototype of the 
Vatican Greek Bible. No. 662, Aquarelles, or water-colors, repre- 
senting paintings in the Roman Catacombs. No. 656, the Codex 
of the Prophets, and several other valuable books. No. 653, Album 
containing reproductions of documents relating to the early his- 
tory of America, in the secret archives of the Vatican Palace. 
The facsimiles of documents relating to the early history of America, 
here exhibited, are taken from the famous series of the Papal Reg- 
isters, or letter books a collection of more than 12,000 volumes 
in folio, written partly on parchment and partly on paper. 
No. 645.— Portrait of Sovereign Pontiff Alexander VI gaz- 
ing in adoration toward Jerusalem. Reproduced from the original 
fresco by Pinturecchio, 1494, in the Appartamento Borgia at the 
Vatican. 
No. 422.— Portrait of Bartholomew de las Casas. 
This Friar, the most famous of the historians of the time of 
Columbus, was born in 1474, and died in 1566. The father of Las 
Casas accompanied Columbus in 1492, and his narrative of that 
expedition was an abstract of the log book kept by the Admiral 
during the voyage. Columbus also entrusted to him most of his 
papers. 
No. 525* Don Juan Marcelo Chequanthopa, descendant of 
the Incas of Peru, Governor of San Geronimo, 1684. 
No. 164. The 12th of October, 1492, by Piedro Gabrini, of 
Rome. 
